Sylhet divisional museum, Sylhet

Abstract

The Sylhet Divisional Museum is conceived to be an experience of the journey to explore the Sylhet culture, history, and scenery, as a living. The project is based on the idea of Heritage, Community, and Economic Development, and this means that they are going to establish more than a museum; the plan is to establish a relationship between people, place, and progress. The Heritage characterizes the interior experience of the museum, in which the adoptable path leads one through a sequence of galleries marking the flow of the history of Sylhet, Sylhet in nature, and Sylhet in its identity. The Community quality gives the museum an opportunity to stretch out to the community level as there is an open plaza and seating area to allow the locals to interact outside the boundaries of the exhibition rooms and to transform the space into a commonplace hub. Lastly, the Economic Development layer anticipates the museum to be a driving force of the underdeveloped Kumargaon region promoting tourism, local entrepreneurship, and urbanisation. Balanced in a combination of these concepts, they combine and create an architectural story, along with praising the history of Sylhet, yet providing a way forward to its future - a community, where the past is not only recorded but embodied in a space, in motion, and linking throughout itself.